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Toil and Trouble
@alixmiddlec.bsky.social
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PNW dog & cat mom
weirdo, reader, pinko, crone
she/they

“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality” - Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
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I JUST finished this book. No, not book — masterpiece. I read the audiobook, which is in and of itself a piece of art. If you have read the physical copy, I can not recommend the audiobook highly enough. If you have read neither, you know what to do.
Cover of book The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones, depicting the head and shoulders of a bison.
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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No notes, Natasha. No notes.
Grey cat sitting in front of a window, fitting in perfectly with a random assortment of gothic room decor.
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🎵 Look at my son…
❤️🤣
pittie-mix dog with red fur and a black snout making an extremely silly happy face
October 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Making the best of a flare-up - reading with Rufus.
Woman wearing headphones and a green/grey tee, with a reddish medium/large dog nestled against her - both reclining on a pillow.
September 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Hat with a cool cat?
Myself dressed as a flapper who might also be a witch, and my friend (head lopped off for anonymity? 🤷‍♀️) dressed as a (guessing) southern gentleman robber-baron who might secretly be a vampire.
August 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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omgomgomg!!!
Screen showing Chuck Tingle wearing a pink, love is real mask and sunglasses. A stool stands in front with a vase full of flowers and a stack of books titled ‘Lucky Day’ on it.
August 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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JUST finished this book after literally (but actually metaphorically) devouring it [took a couple days off near the very end cause I wasn’t ready to be done with it yet]. Fuck yeah! Fuck Yeah!!!! My god what a ride, and I loved every minute of it. ❤️
Cover art of the book ‘Lucky Day’ by Chuck Tingle displaying a King playing card with various gruesome images and good luck charms worked into the motif. Third Place Books and Libro.fm marks in the bottom corners.
August 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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UN-Unfun Fact - here to see @alexfalcone.bsky.social 🤘
Comedy stage set with a stool and microphone. Sign reads “Laughs Comedy Club.” Mural shows Seattle skyline.
August 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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April 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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April 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Moxie’s going in for surgery today to remove a melanoma from her cheek. The stem is under the extra-concern size, so prognosis is pretty good right now. Please keep this sweet girl (the sweetest) in your thoughts today. ❤️
April 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Do you suppose she’s a wildflower?
A daisy asks Alice “what kind of garden do you come from?”
April 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Ca Caw!
Kristin Key at the Neptune theatre in Seattle
March 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Moxie likes smiling. Smiling’s her favorite.
Very happy Bernese mountain dog smiles at the camera while on a walk
March 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Rufus (pittie mix) at the playground last week
Dog with his muzzle stuck through an opening in the playground equipment.
March 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Screen lock of Moxie
A phone lock screen shows a Bernese Mountain Dog in a teal harness smiles at the camera, with the date and time slightly obscured behind her head
March 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Natasha apologizes for her human mother’s bad joke.
Grey cat with green eyes sitting on a carpet and staring directly at you.
February 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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“Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore. They joined what they joined. They lent their support and their moral approval. And, in so doing, they bound themselves to everything that came after. Who cares any more what particular knot they used in the binding?” A.R. Moxon
February 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Lisa Simpson attempts an anagram of Jeremy Irons and can only come up with “Jeremy’s Iron.”
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Our decor is eerily similar - just means you have great taste I guess 🤣
Photo of hardwood floors and area rug that looks suspiciously similar to Lark’s 🙀😹
February 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Moxie, Rufus, and Natasha say there is always *something* good to be found. Fuel yourself with love and joy so you have the strength to fight another day.
Bernese Mountain Dog smiling at you Pittie mix in a blue hoodie smiling at you. Grey shorthair cat with green eyes, crouched on a green rug, looking at you quizzically (which is cat for smiling at you)
February 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM